🚨WARNING: TIRADE AHEAD 🚨
This week, I had two disheartening conversations about food.
The central theme of these discussions was that I was too extreme in my nutritional convictions and I lacked fun in my life. (Anyone who knows me understands that the party doesn't start till I arrive. Like nutrients, there's no deficiency of fun in my life.)
I often feel bad for people who don't eat well and are physically unhealthy. Most people are victims of the decadeslong food crusades against healthy foods like butter. They don't know any better.
But every sympathetic cell exits my body when I converse with those who, despite knowing the truth, choose apathy rather than action—convenience over conviction.
Who is someone you admire who allowed convenience to frame their success, innovation, creativity, or fidelity?
Yes, eating well is inconvenient. I'll own that. But you know what else is inconvenient? Visiting grandma at the nursing home. Showing up to your niece's graduation. Being a present parent. Serving your country. Volunteering at church.
I could go on, and I will.
Voting. Frugality. Basic social skills. Basic hygiene. Not cursing out bad drivers. Speaking truth. Jail time. Kindness. Taxes. Apologizing. Contributing to society.
You have the agency to live the life you want to. You can eat the Chick-fil-A sandwich. The Chipotle bowl. The sleeve of Oreos. The frozen pizza. The soda.
Go ahead, eat that food.
But like most convenient choices, this diet stalls growth, breeds unattractive traits, and yields undesirable consequences.
I'm so worn out and fed up with Americans' worship of convenience.
Aristotle, Dante, Bach, and Elon did not accomplish excellence and get results by choosing convenience. Neither will you.
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